Bowen rejected £12m switch from Hull to Cardiff as he did not want to be tragic Sala’s replacement

Striker dreams of playing in the Premier League but says it would have felt 'incredibly difficult' to move to the Bluebirds following the Argentinian's death in a plane crash

Alec Shilton

13 Mar 2019, 22:53

Updated: 14 Mar 2019, 10:43

JARROD BOWEN rejected a £12million move to Cardiff because he did not want to be tragic Emiliano Sala’s replacement.

Cardiff lodged a January bid for Hull striker Bowen just days after a plane carrying £15m record signing Sala crashed over the English Channel.

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Hull City hotshot Jarrod Bowen says he still wants to play in the Premier League but it did not feel comfortable replacing tragic Emiliano Sala at Cardiff CityCredit: Getty - Contributor

Bowen, 22, told the Mail Online: “The whole situation was very uncomfortable. It was never a starter, not under those circumstances. It felt wrong.”

Sala’s plane taking him from Nantes to Cardiff went missing on January 21 and the Argentine was confirmed dead on February 8 after his body was found in the seabed wreckage just off Guernsey.

Bowen, who had scored 34 goals in 18 months at Hull, added: “To join Cardiff knowing Sala was meant to play for them would have been incredibly difficult and not something that filled me with any enthusiasm.

“It was nothing to do with how I view Cardiff as a club, and any player will tell you it’s their dream to play in the Premier League.

“But the whole Sala story was so tragic. It caused a lot of upset in our dressing-room.”

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Argentine forward Emiliano Sala was flying from Nantes to Cardiff when the plane crashed near Guernsey, killing both him and pilot David IbbotsonCredit: AFP

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